Taking Action

actionTake Action! You know, that can mean so many things, taking action.  Just getting up in the morning is taking action.  I mean,  you could actually just stay in bed and not do the things you said you’d do.

And you could just stay stuck in what ever emotional pain you are in and choose a distraction for the moment to keep your mind off the pain.  That actually is taking action, isn’t it?

When you pick a topic about your self then set a day or week that you are going to put a plan in place to do something about it, that is taking action. Then the day comes, and you have some pretty big expectations about yourself as to how you are going to dive into this topic of yours about yourself. You might even think that you are so ready you will be able to carry this out forever.

Then the challenge starts.  You find how much effort it really takes to want to change this situation you are in that is not making you feel very good.  This challenge you started needs some big energy to sustain your intentions, right?

So now you put more plans into place and more action that you need to take to make this really feel like you’re going to get somewhere with this idea.

You could feel like you’re spinning your wheels now because you are gathering input from others, collecting more information about your situation, and it might seem that the more action steps you take, the further you get from feeling like your efforts are moving you into any relief.

Action + effort = acknowledgement

Here are some helpful tools to keep you focused on your outcome:

1) Be patient.  Be observant of yourself.  If you plan one thing for the day, then you will be able to take notice of it. If what you plan to change happens, you have to be present to notice it.

2. Choose to be present so you can resonate with the sign that is delivered.  You set up an action to take, now you best give yourself the space to notice it when it happens, acknowledge it.  It doesn’t have to be monumental, huge, or run you over.  This sign that you have delivered to yourself can be subtle and small, but you have to be present to put it all together.

3. Ask what the learning is.  If you are present with yourself, you can stop and experience the learning and you can be aware of the outcome for your actions that you planned to do differently.

4. Next and most importantly, be grateful.  Now that you have the sign delivered you can be so grateful for the insight and go use it.  Write it down.  Keep a log of signs, messages and aha moments so you can weave them together to show you the big picture.  This is where your learning will most likely reveal to you what and how to continue your desire to change.

Let the Essence of your action become you.   Don’t become the action.

~Rita Cook

 

Sexy Star Stuff

Sexy Star Stuff
I love talking about what we are made of.

When you get to hear how amazing you are it really stimulates something inside you too want to learn more just how unique you are. When the mundane everyday grind is all you can focus on, well that really doesn’t seem to have purpose in it. Really though it does. No matter how everyday routine something you are doing keeps popping up just the same, it still has meaning.

Just the simple act of paying attention to the fact that you don’t want to be doing the same thing the same way over and over is the tip off. If it is boring then you are stuck. If you don’t feel any excitement in what you have to do then you need to reframe. It’s time. Let me help you remember that you are made of that which makes you so precious?

Perhaps this will inspire you to want to think big about yourself. If you remember that you are created from what I consider magical substance perhaps then you can give yourself some creative space to change what you don’t like. You are made of the stars.  When you look out up into the sky, especially at night it is there that you can bring home the memory.

The remembering- back the parts of who you are; and that nothing you are doing is simple or trite. You are made of the stuff the stars are made of. Start with Super Nova material.

When it dies all those parts go into a stellar nursery into clouds of gas and dust. This then condenses into heat that is so hot the nuclei of the atoms fuse together and this forms oxygen we breathe. It makes the very carbon in our muscle.  Also the calcium in our bone and the iron in our blood are from this great fusion.We are made of Star Stuff!!

Recycled and enriched again and again thru subsequent generations of stars. So if you think you are mundane or that you or your day is boring, think again.Be in awe and wonderment about yourself and what you are made of and what you can do. Be fearless to love you just the way you are. Know that you have something in you waiting to show it -self to you. You are made of stellar material and you have every opportunity to design with your Stardom qualities.

Mercury Retrograde

Are you experiencing some really amazing changes in your reality? Mercury retrograde is behind the surge you may be feeling since the beginning of April. We are in full swing sorting through feelings and the way we perceive through our filter system, our “thinking feelings.” We all need a time out to process and integrate all the new material for the last 3 to 4 months. That is what the retrograde pushes us all into. A time to reflect the way we think, speak, behave, and where this information actually originates from. When we go back over old thoughts or behaviors that no longer serve us or review why we might repeat the same behavior and can’t figure out why it doesn’t get us what we want, well, this is the time to surrender and allow the new awareness to take the old behaviors place. If we trust that Soul will be in the driver’s seat of our own self, then the “plan” for your contract can continue to surface and move you further into the next piece of your own puzzle. You have an opportunity to step into new values, new create, new experiences or you can resist and keep playing out all of the old outdated ways of going after your own life. What sounds more exciting, taking a leap into your own destiny or repeating that which you have already done, but may not really be enjoying the outcome? This is a time of realizing your own potential to design your own Self-Worth, your own time out for your self to be introspective, and your own way of finding what is your own uniqueness. Hang in there, this is an exciting time!!!

There are 2 important simple steps to do right now

There are 2 important simple steps to do right now Be aware of any Self-Sabotaging techniques you have on automatic. You don’t know what those are? That is why they are automatic. You have them neatly set up so you can go about your day. When you create one thing and come out with something completely different, this could be your tip off.

We’re being challenged to clear away any blocks to our magnetic/Female self – this would prescribe you to be aware and willing to live according to our own Truth and Desires rather than anyone else’s.

Self-Sabotage usually includes Limiting Beliefs. LB is built into everyone. Through religion, government, education, ancestor’s, your own Karma, society at large and fear.

When you notice you feel a challenge that is bigger than you can handle, this is when you will go to self-
sabotage, unconscious behavior. You may even feel like this naturally protects you from more pain.

The more you allow your -self to be in the fear or pain the better off you may be; you may actually make a decision from your own Truth or Desires. Remember the fear is there for a reason, embrace it and search for your -self why you are in so much fear. Look for another perspective, look for other choices, and look for the Truth that is holding you back.

Notice how you may really dislike change. This is sabotaging you from moving forward.

So one of the 2 simple steps you could try is,

CHOOSE to plan each day this week to do something you have been putting off

Then notice if you have an issue around time. Is your belief that there isn’t enough of it, you’re running out of it, you don’t know how to use it for your plan so you never start or set up the new idea you have been putting off? So set aside a small amount of time each day, say 20 or 30 minutes to start.

Research what you need to know to take away the doubt, ask a few experts their input about your plan, and actually write down what you know about the topic you need to move forward on. Notice if you already know something about this plan and trust your instincts. Take all of this information and give the points you’ve written out a number and weigh them by importance perhaps 1 thru 10 or 100. The first 10 bullets should give you an idea of how you want to move forward.

This is a start at least to help you get a different orientation of your view point of what you want to do with your life/self. All it may need is a simple modification!

Remembering YouSelf!!

Never forget how wonderful you are, living in your own presence being human. You have so many complicated thoughts, feelings, and emotions and everything you do is so intricate and overlayed. One thing you may do feels like it is the correct thing to act upon but it may have an effect on another part of the intricacies of your life and bring everything else out of balance. Respect your self and remember how amazing it is for you to learn through your experiences that you create in your life. Be a witness to your self as you are putting it all together as you live and learn along your path. Congratulations on being you!!!!

Success or Failure

You can make a success of your self with your self thoughts, OR you can create your self as a failure. Which do you want to be? You can do both to a degree, but, when those beliefs or thoughts about your self are out of balance, watch out. Do you know when you are successful? Can you recognize your success as that, or do you have a perception of success that is out of alignment with the reality of how you are trying to be successful so you automatically believe you failed. If you are only looking for your failures that is what you will start out with when you are creating the results you want, thus, failure. Evaluate your beliefs around success and failure. Make every day new!!!